• Around The HomeToggle Menu

    • Entertainment
    • Productivity
    • Smart Home
  • FamilyToggle Menu

    • Parenting
    • Toys
    • Pets
    • Travel
  • Product ReviewsToggle Menu

    • Phones
    • Tablets
    • Laptops
    • Desktops
    • Wearables
    • Audio
    • Cameras
    • Headphones
    • Printers
    • Smart Home
    • TVs
    • Gaming and Video
  • One Cool ThingToggle Menu

    • Frugal Tech
    • Kickstarters
    • Videos
Techwalla
  1. Home
  2. Around The Home
  3. Productivity
  4. How to Post Images on Internet Message Boards

How to Post Images on Internet Message Boards

March 31, 2015
By: Techwalla Computers Editor
  • Share
  • Share on Facebook

How to Post Images on Internet Message Boards. Blogs and posting on message boards are a vital source of communication on the Internet today. Oftentimes a user needs a picture to accompany those messages or blogs to make the text come to life in the readers mind. Posting that picture is easier than a person may think. Read on to learn more.

Video of the Day

Posting Images From a Hard Drive

Step

Locate the image on the computer hard drive that is to be posted.

Step

Host the image that is to be posted. There are many image hosting services on the Internet (see resources) that can accomplish this task. Follow the steps on the hosting site that was chosen and upload the image.

Step

Obtain the source address for the image. Once the image is hosted it now has a source address. The source address is the images location on the host server. A source address appears similar to an Internet site address with one exception there is no www in the source address.

Step

Insert the source address inside image markup tags. Markup tags are what enable the blogs and message boards to differentiate the image from regular typed text. An example of these tags is between the following quotation marks "< IMG SRC=(insert web source address) IMG >." Be sure to eliminate the spaces between "

Posting Images From the Internet

Step

Locate the image on the Internet that will be posted.

Step

Obtain the source address of the image. Select the Image and right click. From the menu select properties. In the property display box select and highlight the address. Right click the mouse and select copy.

Step

Paste the source address into an image tag as follows between the quotation marks: "< IMG SRC=(insert web source address here) IMG>." Be sure to eliminate the spaces between "

Show Comments

Related Articles

How to Make a Group Thread Message for Facebook

How to Make a Group Thread Message for Facebook

Around The Home
Entertainment
By: Alexander Poirier
How to Create an E-mail Invitation

How to Create an E-mail Invitation

Around The Home
Productivity
By: Paul M.J. Suchecki
How to Post a Photo in Reddit

How to Post a Photo in Reddit

Around The Home
Productivity
By: Glen Tickle
How to Create Email Banners

How to Create Email Banners

Around The Home
Productivity
By: Chad Stein
How to Create HTML Email in Dreamweaver

How to Create HTML Email in Dreamweaver

Around The Home
Productivity
By: Steve McDonnell
How to Add Keywords on Your Craigslist Post

How to Add Keywords on Your Craigslist Post

Around The Home
Entertainment
By: Paul Higgins
  • HOW WE SCORE
  • ABOUT US
  • CONTACT US
  • TERMS
  • PRIVACY POLICY
  • COPYRIGHT POLICY
  • Advertise

An error occurred. Try again later.

Thanks for signing up!
© 2018 Leaf Group Ltd. Leaf Group Media

Get great tech advice delivered to your inbox.

Keep your family productive, connected, entertained, and safe.

Please enter a valid email.